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You’ve saved a lot — $1.2 million is nothing to scoff at — but you have a lot of life ahead.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

You want to scoff at that, but you can’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Poehler might be far from an unknown, but that kind of attention is nothing to scoff at, especially when the podcast market is as crowded as it is.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2026

Regardless, his discography is, at the very least, not something to scoff at.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

I don’t argue with Reverend Hunt, but inside I scoff at the idea.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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